Strawberry Delight Dessert

Total Time: 12 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup slivered almonds, finely chopped
• 170 g strawberry gelatin
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen strawberries, completely thawed
• whipped cream or cool whip
• strawberry slices, fresh

Recipe

• 1 mix base ingredients together. press into 9"x13" pan. bake at 350f 20-25 minutes. watch carefully near the end that it doesn't overbrown. cool completely.
• 2 mix cream cheese layer ingredients together till well blended. spread over base. chill.
• 3 mix strawberry layer ingredients. very important: the strawberries need to be completely thawed or it will not set up properly. pour over cream cheese layer.
• 4 chill overnight. garnish with your choice of topping. i like to cut into individual servings and pipe a dollop of whipped cream and a slice or two of fresh strawberry on each.